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MWRD offering free oak saplings for Cook County residents

Posted April 04, 2022 1:00 am

Daily Herald report

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is offering free native oak saplings to Cook County residents through its Restore the Canopy program.

Three types of native oak saplings - pin oak, red oak and bur oak - can be picked up at one of the agency's water reclamation plants, including: Egan Water Reclamation Plant, 550 S. Meacham Road, Schaumburg; Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, 1220 Sycamore Ave., Hanover Park; and Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, 701 W. Oakton St., Des Plaines

Pickup is available from 9 a.m. to noon every Wednesday from April through October. Planting and care instructions, along with additional information about the benefits of trees, are included.

For more information, visit the MWRD's website, www.mwrd.org, or email public.affairs@mwrd.org.

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